Do Fears Change With Age

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Do Fears Change With Age?



Introduction/Hypothesis

If fears change with age then adults will have less fears because their common fears will go down.


Annotated bibliography for background information

  1. In my research this website was very helpful in finding a project. I took a test on my interests and a list of projects was given to me. I could change the difficulty rate to go for a more changeling project. When I chose a project a detailed summary and procedure was given to me. This source is very reliable because it helps find a project that fits your interests making it easier for you to keep up with. It also gives you an interest in the project chosen, making it a fun experience for you. (http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Soc_p008.shtml)
  2. I found this website to be very helpful in my specific project. It gave me a detailed summary and the point of my experiment. Also procedures I should do and survey help. I found this source very reliable in my certain project. It helped give me a certain idea on how to go with this project. It also helped me with designing a survey and choosing a number of participants for it.(http://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/project_ideas/Soc_survey.shtml)
  3. This website was very helpful in choosing common fears. I used it to choose common fears shared among people to get a better idea for the project. It provided great examples which were a huge help. I found this source very reliable. It was a list of fears that people share. Very common fears.(http://www.selfhelpcollective.com/most-common-fears.html)
  4. This website helped me with detecting if people where being honest with the survey. It also helped me see how a study was made based on fears. I found this source very reliable because it was first a study. Second it was very detailed and it was made by the national geographic society. (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/11/1116_041116_fear_posture.html)


Materials list


Procedure

  1. Require a composition book
  2. Decide on a number of people to interview (50 total is recomded)
  3. Survey a certain number of people (10 per age group is recmonded)
  4. Add all the information together in a spreadsheet document


Variables and Controls

Independent Variable: The age of the person being asked
Dependent Variable: The fear being asked
Controls: None


Data recordings and pictures

001_modified.jpg
Fears
 Toddler\kids
 Pre-teen
 Teen
 Adults
 Elderly
Fear of flying
 Yes: One No: Four
 Yes:One
No: Four
 Yes:Two
No: Three
 Yes: None
No: five
 Yes: None
No: Five
Fear of public speaking
 Yes: None
No: Five
 Yes: Four
No: One
 Yes: Two
No: Three
 Yes: Three
No: Two
 Yes: One
No: Four
Fear of heights
 Yes: One
No: Four
 Yes: Two
No: Three
 Yes: Four
No: One
 Yes: One
No: Four
 Yes: Two
No: Three
Fear of the dark
 Yes: Three
No: Two
 Yes: None
No: Five
 Yes: Two
No: Three
 Yes: One
No: Four
 Yes: None
No: Five
Fear of death
 Yes: Five
No: None
 Yes: Three
No: Two
 Yes: Three
No: Two
 Yes: One
No: Four
 Yes: One
No: Four
Fear of rejection
 Yes: None
No: Five
 Yes: Three
No: Two
 Yes: Two
No: Three
 Yes: One
No: Four
 Yes: One
No: Four
Fear of spiders
 Yes:Four
No: One
 Yes: Four
No: One
 Yes: Three
No: Two
 Yes: Three
No: Two
 Yes: One
No: Four
Fear of commitment
 Yes: None
No: Five
 Yes: One
No: Four
 Yes: None
No: Five
 Yes: None
No: Five
 Yes: None
No: Five
Fear of dogs
 Yes: None
No: Five
 Yes: None
No: Five
 Yes: None
No: Five
 Yes: None
No: Five
 Yes: None
No: Five
Fear of the dentist
 Yes: None
No: Five
 Yes: One
No: Four
 Yes: One
No: Four
 Yes: One
No: Four
 Yes: One
No: Four
Fear of snakes
 Yes: Four
No: One
 Yes: Four
No: One
 Yes: Three
No: Two
 Yes: One
No: Four
 Yes: One
No: Four
Fear of being alone
 Yes: One
No: Four
 Yes: One
No: Four
 Yes: Two
No: Four
 Yes: None
No: Five
 Yes: None
No: Five
Fear of public humiliation
 Yes: Three
No: Two
 Yes: Four
No: One
 Yes: Four
No: One
 Yes: Four
No: One
 Yes: Two
No: Three
Fear of needles
 Yes: Three
No: Two
 Yes: Two
No: Three
 Yes: Three
No: Two
 Yes: One
No: Four
 Yes: One
No: Four
Fear of rejection
 Yes: None
No: Four
 Yes: Three
No: Two
 Yes: Two
No: Three
 Yes: None
No: Five
 Yes: One
No: Four

Charts and graphs


Brooke Science Fair Data.xls


Conclusions

For my experiment I surveyed people asking if they are afraid of a list of common fears. I surveyed five people per age group. My age groups consisted of toddlers\kids, pre teens, teens, adults, and the elderly. My conclusion of my project supported my hypothesis. The adults and elderly had less fears then the toddlers\kids did. I liked leaning about the people's fears and why they had them. A source of error that could be found in my project was the amount of people interviewed per age group. That number had changed from the original number of ten to the new number of five.


Sources of Error

The number of people I interviewed changed from ten in the beginning to five total at the end of my experiment.